OT Terms
Your body's ability to sense where it is in space.
What is proprioception?
The way in which you walk.
What is gait?
Difficulty swallowing
What is dysphagia?
What is the lobe of the brain that controls problem solving and planning?
a) the frontal lobe
b) temporal lobe
c) occipital lobe
d) parietal lobe
What is the frontal lobe?
What are activities of daily living (ADLs)?
The ability to use both sides of the body simultaneously, in a coordinated and sequenced way.
What is Bilateral coordination/integration?
Weakness on one side of the body.
a) hemiplegia
b) hemiparesis
c) flaccidity
What is hemiparesis?
Difficulty understanding spoken or written words.
What is receptive aphasia?
Stroke caused by a blood clot blocking blood flow
a) hemorrhagic stroke
b) ischemic stroke
What is an ishemic stroke?
Tasks for independent living like cooking, cleaning, managing money, and shopping
What are instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs)?
The brain's ability to interpret and make sense of what the eyes see.
What are visual perceptual skills?
Increased muscle tone causing stiffness and tightness.
What is spasticity?
Difficulty producing speech or writing words.
What is expressive aphasia?
What is unilateral neglect?
Tools that make tasks easier and safer (reacher, sock aid, long-handled sponge)
Inability to do purposeful movements despite having physical ability
A) apraxia
b) coordination
c) agnosia
What is apraxia?
What is flaccidity?
Slurred or weak speech due to muscle weakness or incoordination.
a) dysarthria
b) dysphagia
c) diplopia
What is dysarthria?
The brain's ability to rewire and form new connections after injury
The ability to search and gather information from our visual environment by using our eyes
a) visual attention
b) visual scanning
c) visual acuity
The ability to plan, organize, and execute a physical movement correctly and with coordination.
a) ataxia
b) motor planning
c) aphasia
What is motor planning?
Braces or splints to support weakened limbs.
What are orthotics?
Planning, organizing, or completing tasks.
What is executive functioning?
Inability to recognize objects, people, sounds, or shapes despite intact sense
a) propsopagnosia
b) apraxia
c) agnosia
What is agnosia?
The lobe of the brain that controls vision.
a) the frontal lobe
b) the occipital lobe
c) the temporal lobe
What is the occipital lobe?